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Guardiola not going back to Bayern, insists agent

Pep Guardiola鈥檚 agent has ruled out a return to Bayern Munich at least until the Spaniard鈥檚 contract expires at Manchester City in 2021, according to reports.

The German champion is looking for a new head coach following the sacking of Niko Kovac after a 5-1 thrashing at Eintracht Frankfurt at the start of the month.

Caretaker boss Hansi Flick will remain in charge at least until Christmas when the Bundesliga goes into recess but the Germans are already on the lookout for a possible high profile replacement.

鈥淧ep is content and very happy in Manchester. His contract is until June 2021,鈥 Guardiola鈥檚 agent Josep Maria Orobitg told German daily Bild yesterday, having also been quoted by websites SPOX and Goal. 鈥淕uardiola always fulfils his contracts.

鈥淚 haven鈥檛 spoken with anyone in Germany about him 鈥 neither with intermediaries nor club bosses.

鈥淧ep has good memories of Munich and still has friends there, but at the moment he has shown no interest in returning to Germany as a coach.鈥

Guardiola won the German league and cup double in his final season at Bayern in 2016 having lifted the Bundesliga title in each of his three seasons at the Munich club, who he joined in 2013.

Ajax coach Erik ten Hag and Paris Saint-Germain鈥檚 Thomas Tuchel have been linked to Bayern, but both say they will not leave their clubs this season.


 

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